Background
The Water Margin describes Hua Rong as a handsome youth with red lips, white teeth, a narrow waist and broad shoulders. He is renowned for his skill in archery as he can fire an arrow that pierces through a willow leaf from a distance of more than a 100 paces. He is nicknamed "Little Li Guang" after Li Guang, a famous general and archer of the Han Dynasty. Besides, Hua Rong is an excellent tamer of wild horses as well.
Hua Rong serves as a military officer under the official Liu Gao in Qingfeng Fort, Qingzhou (in present-day Shandong). Song Jiang comes to join him after leaving Chai Jin's residence. Liu Gao's wife repays Song Jiang's kindness with evil and frames him for being in league with the outlaws from Mount Qingfeng. Song Jiang is arrested and thrown into prison. When Hua Rong learns that Song Jiang has been wrongly imprisoned, he writes a letter to Liu Gao demanding Song's release. Liu Gao refuses and Hua Rong leads his men to the prison and frees Song Jiang by force.
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